Improvement in wash-boards



..'r. GRAVES. WASH-Bunn,

Patented June 19,1877.

JOHN GRAVES, OF NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND HENRY W.

SHEPARD, OF BROOKLYN, N. Y." i

iMPRovEMENT in wAsH-BoARDs.

Specieation forming part of Letters Patent No. 192,254, dated June 19,1877; application filed April 11, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN GRAVES, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented an Improved Vash-Board, of which the following` is afull, clear, and exact description, reference being had t-o theaccompanying drawing, and the letters of reference marked thereon,making part of this specifica` tion, in which- Figure 1 is a top-planView. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View on the line was, Fig. l.Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional View on the line y y, Fig. l.

My invention relates to a new article ofV as shown in Fig. 3. G is thercceptaclevat the top of the wash-board for soap or for clothing, and isformed by depressing that portion of the board next'to the corrugations,and making the top of the board incline toward the same, as shown inFig. 2. The'sides B B extend longitudinally the whole length of theboard.

Among the advantages of my improved wasl1board may be enumerated thefact that, by stamping the entire board out of one piece of metal, thereis no danger of any of its parts becoming loose, thus rendering thewashboard worthless.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is-

A wash-board consisting of the crimped body, .the top C, and the sidepieces B B, all stamped from a single piece of sheet metal, as and forthe purpose specified.

In witness whereofc I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN GRAVES.

Witnesses:

C. D. JONES, H. H. SPELMAN.

